Proyas (“Dark City,” “I, Robot,” “Knowing”) will direct “The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag.” The film will shoot in Australia where Proyas is a resident and operates his Mystery Clock Cinema banner.

“Hoag” centers on the title character being struck one evening with the realization that he has no memory of what he does during the day. He contacts a husband and wife detective agency and asks them to surreptitiously follow him — leading to a series of frightening revelations, beginning with a group of shadowy figures who gravely warn of dire consequences unless the pair immediately cease their inquiry.

Proyas adapted the screenplay from a 1942 novella by Robert Heinlein. The original story also served as inspiration for his film “Dark City.”

“Hoag” marks the first of several projects between the two companies. Mythology’s partners are Fischer, writer/producer James Vanderbilt, and writer/producer Laeta Kalogridis.